Human Rights Groups Welcome Confirmation of Lubanga Sentence

Human Rights Groups Welcome Confirmation of Lubanga Sentence
AllAfrica.com
Arusha — Human rights groups have welcomed Monday's International Criminal Court confirmation of a 14-year jail sentence for former Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga for the war crimes of conscripting child soldiers and using them to fight.
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Daily News

21 Aug

Human rights body trumps civil rights, governance knowledge

Human rights body trumps civil rights, governance knowledge
Daily News
THERE is an urgent need to formulate and lay down principles and guidelines to further strengthen the criminal justice system in the country with regard to arrest, police custody and pre-trial detention to ensure compliance with International standards.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

26 Nov

Now Anudo appeals to rights groups

>The man at the centre of a nationality dispute has asked human rights bodies and activists to intervene in his predicament so that the Prohibited Immigrant (PI) notice issued against him by the commissioner of Immigration can be cancelled.

 

10 years ago

Sudan Tribune

29 Jan

Rights Groups Call On AU to Publish Report On the Country's Crimes

Sudan Tribune
Rights Groups Call On AU to Publish Report On the Country's Crimes
Sudan Tribune
Addis Ababa — International and national human rights and civil society organisations have called on the African Union (AU) to make public its findings in an investigation into crimes committed by warring parties in South Sudan. AU's Peace and Security ...
South Sudan President: Wording in Arusha Agreement was ChangedVoice of America
A Reading of the Arusha Intra-SPLM Agreementgurtong
Luka: S Sudan...

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

20 Apr

Rights group advocates inclusion of marginalised groups in politics.

IPPmedia
Rights group advocates inclusion of marginalised groups in politics.
IPPmedia
Political parties should ensure that they create special strategies to increase number of women, young people and those with disabilities in political contests, they have been told. The advice was made recently by the Tanzania Media Women's Association ...
TAMWA hails Bilal over financial supportDaily News

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VOA News

11 Apr

Rights Groups Deplore Conditions in Kenya COVID Quarantine Facilities

Rights Groups Deplore Conditions in Kenya COVID Quarantine Facilities  VOA NewsGravitas: India reports it deadliest day | Coronavirus Outbreak  WIONWashington’s field hospital to be dismantled before treating a patient, sent to states worse-hit by coronav...  Fox NewsCoronavirus outbreak: Kids' top coronavirus questions, answered - Wait There's More podcast  Global NewsWorld Shelters at Home on Good Friday During COVID Pandemic  Voice of AmericaView Full coverage on Google...

 

10 years ago

Sudan Tribune

29 Jan

Rights groups call on AU to publish crimes report on South Sudan

Sudan Tribune
Rights groups call on AU to publish crimes report on South Sudan
Sudan Tribune
January 28, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – International and national human rights and civil society organizations have called on the African Union (AU) to make public its findings in the investigation of crimes committed by warring parties in South Sudan.
South Sudan President: Wording in Arusha Agreement was ChangedVoice of America
[WORLD NEWS] IGAD summit on South Sudan will be held tomorrow in Addis ...Diplomat...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Feb

Defining human rights culture

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 states in paragraph 1 of its Preamble that recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

25 May

Building human rights culture

There are several reasons for building human rights into a constitution; they indicate restrictions on government power, are a building block for democracy, establish a foundation for building a human rights culture, and are integral to the legitimacy of the Constitution. A human rights culture gives space to individuals and groups to organise and aggregate their interests.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

04 May

Role of human rights in Katiba

 Democracy as a normative framework requires constitution builders to support and guarantee civil and political rights. Since rights are indivisible, there are many rights recognised as economic, social, cultural or collective whose recognition completes political rights and makes it possible to realise them.

 

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